Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
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100
Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions
100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100
A story that has gods, goddesses, and may explain something about nature
What is a myth
100

A struggle that you CANNOT see. 

Internal Conflict
200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue
200

The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have not happened yet. 

What is foreshadowing

200
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is a metaphor
200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama
200

A struggle that you CAN see.

External Conflict

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme
300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
300

A story about a person's life, written by THAT person.

What is an autobiography

300

The most popular graphic organizer that is used for a compare & contrast text structure.

What is a Venn Diagram

400
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
400
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400
Text that explains, describes, or informs
What is expository
400
A word that means the same thing as another word

What is synonym?

500

Known as a paragraph in a poem

What is a stanza

500
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood
500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
500
A story about someone's life
What is a biography
500

The repetition of the same sounds at the BEGINNING of a word.

Ex: A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back. 

What is alliteration

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